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The Engels family house at Barmen (now in Wuppertal), Germany. Friedrich Engels was born on 28 November 1820 in Barmen, Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Prussia (now Wuppertal, Germany), as the eldest son of Friedrich Engels Sr. (1796–1860) and of Elisabeth "Elise" Franziska Mauritia van Haar (1797–1873). [6]
The first mill was powered by water using a waterwheel, and the power transmitted to the individual machines using leather belts and lineshafts. [4] in 1854 the water wheels were replaced by water turbines and reserve steam boilers, which could deliver 130 hp, were installed two years later.
[18] [19] The 180,000-square-foot building, located near the intersection of Route 16 and Ohio Route 146, [3] was difficult to design and build because the upper floors were wider than the floors below them; for example, the second floor has 20,000 square feet and the top floor has 25,000 square feet.
The gas boom in Northwest Ohio enabled the state to improve its national ranking as a manufacturer of glass (based on value of product) from 4th in 1880 to 2nd in 1890. [23] Over 70 glass companies operated in northwest Ohio between 1880 and the early 20th century. [24] However, Northwest Ohio’s gas boom lasted less than five years.
Engels Maps is a map company in the Ohio Valley with particular concentration on the Cincinnati-Dayton region. [1] It also produces chamber of commerce maps. [2]
Yes, Lake Erie has its own version of the Loch Ness monster, with the first known spotting of the Lake Erie Bessie in 1793 near Sandusky. Some eagle-eyed hunters have spotted Bessie near Toledo.
The new factory was located in the Hancock County section of Fostoria near the tracks of the Nickel Plate Railroad. The plan was to have one 10-pot furnace, two lehrs, and small ovens for decorating and molds. Fuel would be natural gas. [43] [Note 5] The factory was completed close to the projected date, and production started on May 17, 1890. [46]
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